Nonvibrating pull for doors, drawers, and the like

ABSTRACT

This disclosure relates to nonvibrating pulls for cabinets doors and drawers, the pulls having a stud member adapted to be attached to a support, a head member on the stud, and a handle. A socket is formed in one of the head members and the handle, and a journal is formed in the other of the head member and the handle wherein the journal is positioned within the socket so that the handle is rotatable supported by the stud. A resilient lining means is positioned within the socket and at least partially surrounding the journal so as to permit rotation of the journal within the socket but to prevent rattling or vibration of the journal within the socket.

limited States Patent Watt,,1r.

[451 Jan. 18,1972

[54] N ONVIIBRATING PULL FOR DOORS,

DRAWlElRS, AND THE LIKE [21] Appl. No.: 799,860

FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 246,345 l/196l Australia 16/1 R 1,407,821 6/1965 France ....24/259 531,372 5/1929 Germany ....l6/l23 314,623 8/1956 Switzerland ....24/207 98,234 3/1940 Sweden ..24/230.5 S

Primary Examiner-Bobby R. Gay Assistant Examiner-Peter A. Aschenbrenner Attorney-Price, Heneveld, Huizenga & Cooper [57] ABSTRACT This disclosure relates to nonvibrating pulls for cabinets doors and drawers, the pulls having a stud member adapted to be attached to a support, a head member on the stud, and a handle. A socket is formed in one of the head members and the handle, and a journal is formed in the other of the head member and the handle wherein the journal is positioned within the socket so that the handle is rotatable supported by the stud. A resilient lining means is positioned within the socket and at least partially surrounding the journal so as to permit rotation of the journal within the socket but to prevent rattling or vibration of the journal within the socket.

5 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures NONVIBRATING PULL FOR DOORS, DRAWERS, AND THE LIKE This invention relates to pulls for drawers, cabinet doors and the like. In one of its aspects, the invention relates to a pull having a stud adapted to be attached to a support and a handle rotatably supported on the stud by a combined socket and journal wherein the socket is lined with a resilient spring to prevent vibrating of the handle on the stud.

Radio, television, and hi-fi cabinets have been found to set us undesirable vibrations and rattles in the conventional pull hardware which is used on the cabinet doors and drawers.

Birdsall, U.S. Pat. No. 2,270,923, discloses a nonvibrating pull for radios and the like in which a handle isjournaled in a bore in the stud. A spring is positioned within the stud perpendicular to the bore and pushes against the journal of the ham dle. This spring is held against the journal by a screw which also fixes the stud to the drawer or cabinet door. During assembly of the pull to the drawer or door, the spring is subject to separation from the stud and is apt to get lost.

I have now discovered an improved pull for doors and drawers in which objectable vibration and rattling is eliminated by a resilient spring member which lines the socket in which a journal rotates.

By various aspects of this invention one or more of the following, or other, objects can be obtained.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved nonrattling pull for drawers, doors and the like.

It is another object of this invention to provide a nonvibrating pull in which the loss of parts during the process of attaching the pulls to the cabinets is minimized.

Other aspects, objects, and the several advantages of this invention are apparent to one skilled in the art from a study of this disclosure, the drawings, and the appended claims.

According to the invention there is provided a pull for doors, drawers, and the like, the pull having a stud member adapted to be attached to a support, a head member on the stud, and a handle rotatably supported by the stud. A socket is formed in one of the head member and the handle, and ajournal is formed on the other of the head member and the handle, the journal being positioned within the socket so that the handle is rotatably supported by the stud. According to the invention, a resilient lining means is positioned within the socket and at least partially surrounds the journal so as to permit rotation of the journal within the socket but to prevent rattling of the journal within the socket.

The invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. I is a perspective view of the nonvibrating drawer pull positioned on a drawer;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the drawer pull shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of the drawer pull illustrated in FIG. 2; and

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of the invention.

Referring now to FIGS. 1-3, a drawer front having a bore 13 has positioned thereon a nonvibrating drawer pull. The drawer pull comprises a stud l6 and a handle 18 having ajournal 20. The stud is formed from a tubular shaft 22 which is threaded to receive attaching screw 24 by which the stud is held onto the drawer. A shoulder 26 is provided at the head of the stud and engages the front surface of the drawer front 12. A downwardly and inwardly opening slot 28 in the stud 16 terminatcs at the upper end in a socket forming central bore 38 which is adapted to receive the journal of the handle 18.

like FIG. 2 of a modified form The head further has laterally projecting stops 30 which abut against portions of the handle 18 to prevent the handle from hitting the drawer front.

According to the invention, a spring 32 is positioned between the journal 20 and the socket 38 of the stud. The spring is formed from thin flat resilient metal band such as spring steel. The spring 32 is bent into a partial circle and has ends 34 and 36 bent outwardly against the socket 38 to push adjacent portions of the spring 32 away from the socket 38,

thereby reducing the diameter of the partial circle. Portions of the spring 32 are thus spaced from the socket 38. This con struction firmly secures the spring within the socket 38 and yieldably holds the journal against movement within the socket, other than the rotation of the journal 20 within the socket 38. The journal 20 is thus prevented from vibrating or rattling within the socket 38.

Referring now to FIG. 4, a modified form of the invention is shown. The drawer pull assembly of this modification is of the type described and claimed in copending Ser. No. 695,780, filed Jan. 4, 1968, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,480,990. The stud 16' has a shoulder 26 which abuts against a drawer front 12 and is fixed thereto through an attaching screw 24. The stud has a pair of side supports 48 (only one of which supports is shown) and ajoumal 46 between the side supports. A handle 18 is rotatably supported on the journal 46. The head 40 of the handle 18' has a socket forming bore 42 and a slot 44 which opens downwardly and inwardly from the bore 42. A spring 50 lines the socket forming bore 42 and has ends 52 which are bent outwardly against the socket to cause the spring 50 to resiliently engage the journal 46.

By the use of the invention, the pull can be completely assembled at the factory and shipped to the cabinet manufacturer. When the cabinet is manufactured, the screw 24 is removed and the stud 26 can be attached to the drawer front without the danger of having a spring 50 or other parts drop out of the pull. There is therefore a minimum danger of loss of parts of the pull.

Reasonable variation and modification are possible within the scope of the foregoing disclosure and drawings without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. In a pull for doors, drawers, and the like, said pull having a stud member adapted to be attached to a support; a head member on said stud; a handle; a socket in one of said head member and said handle; and a journal in the other of said head member and said handle, said journal being positioned within said socket so that said handle is rotatably supported by said stud, the improvement which comprises: a resilient liner formed from a flat spring bent into a partial circle with the ends thereof biased outwardly against the sides of said socket, said spring resiliently contacting said journal so as to permit and to provide a bearing surface for rotation of said journal within said socket but to prevent rattling of said journal within said socket.

2. A pull according to claim 1 wherein said head forms said socket and said handle forms saidjournal.

3. A pull according to claim 2 wherein a slot extends downwardly and inwardly from said socket.

4. A pull according to claim 1 wherein said handle forms said socket and said head forms said journal.

5. A pull according to claim 4 wherein a slot extends downwardly and inwardly from said socket. 

1. In a pull for doors, drawers, and the like, said pull having a stud member adapted to be attached to a support; a head member on said stud; a handle; a socket in one of said head member and said handle; and a journal in the other of said head member and said handle, said journal being positioned within said socket so that said handle is rotatably supported by said stud, the improvement which comprises: a resilient liner formed from a flat spring bent into a partial circle with the ends thereof biased outwardly against the sides of said socket, said spring rEsiliently contacting said journal so as to permit and to provide a bearing surface for rotation of said journal within said socket but to prevent rattling of said journal within said socket.
 2. A pull according to claim 1 wherein said head forms said socket and said handle forms said journal.
 3. A pull according to claim 2 wherein a slot extends downwardly and inwardly from said socket.
 4. A pull according to claim 1 wherein said handle forms said socket and said head forms said journal.
 5. A pull according to claim 4 wherein a slot extends downwardly and inwardly from said socket. 